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Icon viewer Tom Bell, now of Columbus, sent this photo to The Icon. Here's his description:
I am contributing a photo that was taken in October 1950. The location is the Richland Grange which was destroyed on April 11, 1965, during the Palm Sunday tornado. This was an Alpha Gamma event and "come as you are" was not an option.
This group included many of the movers and shakers of that era and left a marvelous and indelible legacy that remains quite evident to this day. Bluffton would not be the same Bluffton that we love without these folks.
I have attempted to identify each person beginning with the front row left to right. I am confident that the Icon readers can fill in the blanks.
Row 1 - Man, Stanley Basinger, Man, Dr. B.W. Travis, Don Patterson, Man, Harold Balmer, Jim West.
Row 2 - Woman, Richard Davies, Carolyn Basinger, Woman, Eloise Travis, Kate Patterson, Mary Emma Triplett, Ropp Triplett, Woman, Ann Balmer, Isabelle West, Woman.
Row 3 - Norm Triplett, Marge Triplett, Vernice Davies, Woman, Woman, Man (behind Ann Balmer), Man (behind Isabelle), Man (behind Isabelle).
Row 4- Man, Earl Lehman, Mrs. Earl Lehman, Ethlan Rice, Ed Rice, Kathryn Bell (my mom), Maurice Bell (my dad), Mrs. Si Diller, Si Diller.
Row 5 - Lloyd Van Meter, Kate Little, Wilford Steiner, Janette Bixel, Mable Steiner, Woman, Dr. F.D. Rodabaugh, Joann Niswander, Lois Rodabaugh, Woman, Woman, Man, Man, Woman.
Row 6 - Kate Van Meter, Woody Little, Richard Bixel, Dick Boehr, Dean Niswander, Man.
